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I reckon a good portion of the regular donors would be fine with a one-off larger upfront donation to help with the move and secure the financial future of it for at least a year coming? I'd be happy to pay upfront whatever I pay annually.
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Whats all this then?
Edit: great groupset as well, with a £5 hanger extender it has no problem on 11-34 cassettes as long as there isnt a big jump up front.
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Dibs Ultegra R8000 brake set, sending DM
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Guess they ran out of patience in the exact moment when it came to masking the front fork for painting :(
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Yeah not a fan of the shape, but I think the colour (and logo lol) adds more bling than what the shape substracts.
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Riiight, got it! That makes sense why installing a shut-off valve would be super tricky, thank you for explaining. I guess we'd have to wait for summer with that then.
Last question I need to know before getting quotes in: would it work on just the one radiator if the valve is shut so theres no circulation and its cooled down? The leak would be manageable for that long, and the pipe is about 3 metres away from the rest of the system.
And this one is just because now im curious: how would a plumber actually do it?
Edit: now that I think about it of course you cant use a backpack sized machine to freeze a pipe that carries enough energy to heat a house :D
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As for doing it myself, I was gonna do that with proper kit rated for up to 42mm pipe not a single use sleeve. And I wouldnt attempt installing a shutoff valve mid-line, just changing the one on the radiator with the line frozen. I'd also have tools ready to crimp the pipe in a worst case scenario.
I have soldered copper pipes before, I have flushed radiator systems, changed thermostatic valves...etc, but its the element of no quick way of (reversably) shutting off a stream of scalding water in my direction if I fuck up, thats whats stopping me from just doing the whole thing myself.
Few hundred quid is entirely fair and we are ready to pay it. But like, £200 or £800? I'd also have to take out the kitchen cabinet from under the sink which is a pain, so there's that.
For context, we're paying about £200-£300 a month under market rate, and our landlord cancelled the maintenance contract with their management company ~1.5 years ago because we've been on a yearly rolling contract for 7 years and never once went to them about fixing anything, we just got it done (and told them about it).
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Dear plumbers of LFGSS, Ive got a leaky radiator valve which should be a walk in a park, but our flat is on a communal heating system with no shut-off valve from the main circulation. Old house, not new-build.
After some research I think my options are:
1, Get a plumber to install a shutoff valve & change the valve / change the valve myself afterwards
2, Get a plumber to change the valve, my understanding is that this would happen with a freezing kit
3, Rent a proper freezing kit and change the valve myself
We are renting the flat, but the landlord is great so Im inclined to negotiate doing option no1 at our cost and time in exchange for no raise in rent for the next contract. They'll probably say yes to save themselves any hassle.
What kind of cost am I looking at here? Am I in the right ball park that for a plumber this should be a ~1-2h job for no more than a few hundred ££?
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Excellent, I'll be keeping it that length then.
@PhilDAS bike is not mine - it'd have to come with a step ladder for me. Owner hasnt sat on it yet so there will be a lot of finetuning (& BDHU), but the bar padding was requested, so I put it on :)
@Marcootsee Not decided yet but most likely king or silca, or some other simple looking ti cage.
I'll admit im not super informed on the subject, but would arrive to a different conclusion. With this, more and more communities are pushed to the large social media sites that were the ones that made conventional media suffer in the first place (already read the headline on facebook, why visit their website).